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Fairview Heights station (Los Angeles Metro)

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Fairview Heights station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Redondo Boulevard and near the intersection of Florence Avenue and West Boulevard in Inglewood but near the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The station opened on October 7, 2022. Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony for the station on August 20, 2022.The station incorporates artwork by the artist Kim Schoenstadt.The Fairview Heights station will be the western trailhead of the Rail to Rail bike path.

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Fairview Heights station (Los Angeles Metro)
East Florence Avenue, Inglewood

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90305 Inglewood
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